Picturing Modernization: Teaching Late 19th Century Japan in the World with MIT's Visualizing Cultures

Start

27 Oct 2015

End

16 Jan 2016

Location

Teaching East Asia online seminar

Registering Now! Picturing Modernization: Teaching Late 19th-Century Japan in the World with MIT’s Visualizing Cultures. October 27, 2015-January 16, 2016. NCTA at Teaching East Asia plans this late fall 2015 online seminar focusing on three of the MIT Visualizing Cultures modules. The course will explore Japan’s modernization and interaction with the world from the opening of the Yokohama treaty port through the Russo-Japanese War, with an emphasis on strategies for using the MIT resources to develop historical thinking and visual literacy skills. Teachers who have used Visualizing Cultures materials in their classrooms and those new to this resource are welcome to join the course. Information and application here.